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Author: nobody #1nobody #1 Date: Jun 5, 2008 19:01
Greg O wrote:
> "nobody #1" comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>
>> another nogn wrote:
>>
>>> Shirley is just preparing a few of bowls of pretzels, peanuts and popcorn
>>> and will be around in a few minutes to gather your refreshment orders.
>>>
>>> A couple of tire related questions, need to replace the rear tire on my
>>> 04
>>> Heritage shortly, can't complain about the original tire being that is
>>> provided over 32000km and the wear bars are getting ready to appear.
>>> Front
>>> tire has about half tread remaining.
>>>
>>> I'm thinking about going with a wide white wall. Metzeler has a
>>> 150/80BH16
>>> WWW but it appears to be tubeless. Has anyone put a wide white wall on
>>> the
>>> same bike and if so which one?
>>>
>>> Any issues with "mixing" tires - Dunlop on the front (till it wears a bit
>>> further) and another manufacturer on the rear? Or is it best to take the
>>> hit
>>> now and replace the front?
>>>
>>> What kind of mileage are folks getting with different manufacture
>>> products?
>>>
>>> (Detroit 2, Pittsburgh 0...damn - make that Pittsburgh 1)
>>>
>>> Grab another drink!
>>
>> I wouldn't put a Metzeler tire on anything. They're junk tires.
>>
>>
>>
>> nobody #1
>> I paid for this opinion
>>
>
> I wonder about Metzler tire also. I see allot of posts that the new Metzler
> tires are nowhere as good as the old ones. It seems they moved manufacturing
> fro Germany to Brazil, and forgot the quality. I hear allot of blow outs,
> poor mileage.
>
> --
> PoorUB
> '05 Ultra Classic
Big heavy bike, Metzelers (ME880s specifically) are not the tires for them.
Soft tread, wears quickly and once they're pretty well worn but not worn out
they can get some real shitty handling characteristics. On lighter bikes they
might be great but a big ol' bagger haulin' a bunch of shit is no place for 'em
in my opinion. I never got over 4600 miles out of one. The front me880 I put on
my '01 road king was the noisiest tire I've ever had on any bike, it almost
sounded like a knobby. The rear sounded like a snow tire from a 4wd truck. I'm
not the only one here that's bitched about them handling funny when worn, wearin
out quickly or bein' noisy but I might be the only one this time. All of this
was before I got my Ultra in Aug of '04.
Personally I learned something from my Metzeler experience. Number one, If it's
recommended to you by someone on the internet it might not always be a good
idea, even if you feel you can trust them. Number two, If something is actually
working good for you then why change it. I shoulda known better and now I do. My
Ultra bagger's got a HD Dunlop on it and it works just fine with a little over
9k miles on it and countin'. It wears good, will drag the boards off on turns
and only spins a little bit before doin' a real nice wheelie.
nobody #1
I don't remember who
recommended the
metzelers to me
but I think
they quit
doin it.
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